General Skills Statistics

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£52,500	-4.54%	19,933 22.93%	6,145
Finance	2	No change0	£67,500	-6.23%	11,666 13.42%	4,544
Inclusion and Diversity	12	Up 11 places+11	£55,000	-	6,680 7.69%	773
Banking	17	Up 19 places+19	£90,000	+7.19%	5,860 6.74%	457
Analytical Skills	26	Down -17 places-17	£53,185	-3.29%	4,889 5.62%	2,432
Marketing	41	Down -7 places-7	£45,000	-18.18%	3,862 4.44%	1,835
Public Sector	57	Up 38 places+38	£60,000	-	2,856 3.29%	1,217
Manufacturing	61	Down -43 places-43	£45,000	-10.00%	2,657 3.06%	1,047
Retail	62	Down -5 places-5	£52,500	-4.54%	2,644 3.04%	1,177
Law	76	Down -30 places-30	£60,000	+9.09%	2,204 2.54%	609
Legal	80	Down -5 places-5	£67,500	+17.39%	1,981 2.28%	914
Organisational Skills	95	Up 14 places+14	£38,000	-10.58%	1,647 1.89%	776
Telecoms	106	Up 16 places+16	£42,500	-5.55%	1,547 1.78%	563
Electronics	171	Down -40 places-40	£52,500	-8.69%	1,075 1.24%	436
Games	210	Down -22 places-22	£47,500	-13.63%	858 0.99%	350
Presentation Skills	218	Down -128 places-128	£60,000	+3.44%	815 0.94%	521
Influencing Skills	220	Up 3 places+3	£77,405	+23.84%	796 0.92%	355
Automotive	227	Up 103 places+103	£48,000	-10.28%	771 0.89%	376
Aerospace	236	Up 92 places+92	£55,000	+0.37%	721 0.83%	413
Advertising	269	Down -85 places-85	£45,000	-21.73%	602 0.69%	304
Pharmaceutical	285	Up 32 places+32	£58,750	+6.81%	577 0.66%	180
Multimedia	307	Up 277 places+277	£30,500	-12.23%	530 0.61%	436
Local Government	321	Down -23 places-23	£50,000	-	489 0.56%	211
Financial Institution	333	Down -154 places-154	£85,000	-0.93%	466 0.54%	159
Back Office	345	Up 128 places+128	£57,500	-20.68%	441 0.51%	138
Documentation Skills	345	Up 88 places+88	£55,000	+1.38%	441 0.51%	176
Billing	392	Up 109 places+109	£38,000	-33.91%	365 0.42%	238
Front Office	394	Down -244 places-244	£110,000	-2.22%	363 0.42%	121
Military	408	Up 26 places+26	£50,000	-13.04%	339 0.39%	166
French Language	409	Down -162 places-162	£45,000	-30.76%	338 0.39%	113
German Language	436	Down -191 places-191	£40,000	-45.76%	299 0.34%	150
Aviation	467	Up 46 places+46	£65,000	+13.04%	258 0.30%	138
Health Technology	514	Down -13 places-13	£60,000	-14.28%	206 0.24%	117
Tech for Good	515	Down -41 places-41	£70,000	+7.69%	205 0.24%	24
Publishing	538	Down -89 places-89	£60,000	-6.97%	178 0.20%	74
Investment Banking	550	Down -170 places-170	£95,000	-15.55%	166 0.19%	66
Police	575	Down -151 places-151	£55,000	+6.13%	141 0.16%	39
Spanish Language	597	Up 9 places+9	£40,000	-23.80%	119 0.14%	65
Social Housing	621	Down -66 places-66	£50,000	-13.04%	95 0.11%	54
Agriculture	622	Down -28 places-28	£43,500	-15.12%	94 0.11%	37
Aeronautics	634	Down -20 places-20	£65,000	+29.85%	82 0.094%	15
Retail Banking	639	Down -110 places-110	£82,500	-1.28%	77 0.089%	22
Italian Language	640	Down -12 places-12	£46,250	-35.08%	76 0.087%	41
Dutch Language	641	Down -31 places-31	£35,000	-3.44%	75 0.086%	37
Digital Healthcare	643	Down -4 places-4	£60,000	-7.69%	73 0.084%	17
Brand Awareness	643	Down -48 places-48	£43,250	+1.76%	73 0.084%	37
General Ledger	646	Down -64 places-64	£82,500	+14.59%	70 0.081%	35
Digital Health	648	Down -17 places-17	£70,000	+27.27%	68 0.078%	36
Fire and Rescue	651	Down -30 places-30	£47,249	-8.81%	65 0.075%	30
Portuguese Language	653	Down -15 places-15	£52,000	+48.57%	63 0.073%	35